Yang Xiong sat cross-legged beside the yellow soul ring, preparing to absorb it. Everyone around wore expressions of extreme concern, because this soul ring was nearly a thousand years old. No one had ever attained such an age record for their second soul ring before. If it weren't for Yang Xiong's persistent insistence and assurance that he would succeed, no one would have agreed.
But Yang Xiong's resolve was already firm. He summoned his original martial soul and used his spiritual power to gradually draw the soul ring closer to his body.
As the soul ring wrapped around him, a familiar yet strange power rapidly surged into Yang Xiong's body, making it feel as if it might explode.
However, this power was completely different from the first soul ring. If the first ring's power was mysterious and intensely fiery, this time it felt like an endless vitality was being injected into his body. Yet within that vitality was a wild, violent energy , every drop of blood and every cell seemed on the verge of bursting.
After a full three hours, Yang Xiong's face gradually calmed, and everyone around finally breathed a sigh of relief. Clearly, the soul ring absorption, surpassing normal age limits , had succeeded.
Seeing Yang Xiong open his eyes, Yang Lin quickly asked, "Xiong, how does your body feel now? Any discomfort?"
Yang Xiong smiled faintly, "Mom, Dad, I feel great. My body feels much stronger."
He carefully sensed his body. After absorbing this powerful wood-attribute soul ring, he seemed to have grown taller. More importantly, he felt his body now possessed some kind of life energy, as if his regenerative ability had greatly improved.
Furthermore, after absorbing the soul ring, Yang Xiong's spiritual power reached an astonishing level 23. That meant the soul ring had increased his spiritual power by three levels at once. Normally, absorbing a soul ring raises a spirit master's level by only one. This three-level jump testified to the incredible vitality and spiritual power of this Golden Spirit Cypress, and even hinted at the strength of his bloodline.
Once home, Yang Xiong carefully examined the soul ring's skill.
The second soul skill was called Golden Heart. Using it, he could rapidly heal wounds and dispel negative effects, restoring his body to optimal condition. For a certain time, his body would gain the regenerative power of the Golden Spirit Cypress.
Though this skill looked like a healing technique, it was more than simple healing. When used, the soul ring infused his body with vast amounts of life force. The more severe the injury, the more spiritual power it consumed.
Especially the ability to dispel negative conditions and possess the Golden Spirit Cypress's regenerative power made him nearly invincible for a time.
Yang Xiong even tested it , it could dispel harmful effects from ice, fire, and poison. Truly an exceptional plant-attribute soul beast.
After absorbing this soul ring, Yang Xiong felt his strength increase by about 30%, far beyond what a normal power-type soul ring would provide.
He was very satisfied with this skill. It would greatly enhance both his combat and survival abilities. Importantly, it would not lose effectiveness as he became a high-level spirit master. In fact, it might become even more powerful then.
With the second soul ring absorbed, Yang Xiong felt his spiritual power soar once again. He could now continue developing his Spiral Sphere technique.
The Bone Douluo watching in secret was astonished that Yang Xiong had actually succeeded.
After hearing the report, Ning Fengzhi was equally surprised: "Uncle Gu, what do you think Yang Xiong's true aim is? You said he didn't suffer much pain absorbing the soul ring. Does that mean, with his physical constitution, he could even absorb an ordinary thousand-year-old soul ring?"
"We've done many tests with whale glue, but the effects weren't as good as Yang Xiong's. Even Rong Rong's second soul ring is only eight hundred years old. Could there be some secret about him? But that shouldn't be."
Bone Douluo thought for a moment before answering, "Fengzhi, I think we may have underestimated Yang Xiong's martial soul. It's rare for the body itself to be the martial soul, but I've learned recently that Yang Xiong's spiritual power is among the best in Class One , basically top five. Remember, he spends most of his time training his body, while Rong Rong and others mostly meditate at home."
Ning Fengzhi sighed, "Looks like I did underestimate Yang Xiong. Maybe he really can forge a path of cultivation focused on the body as the martial soul."
About a month later, one afternoon, Yang Xiong trained alone at home.
His right hand used spiritual power to hold a leather ball in the air, countless energy streams pouring into it, making the ball seem to spin.
The ball rapidly rotated under this force and seemed to swell. As its spin accelerated, the ball appeared filled with gas. Watching carefully, its surface seemed to indent and quickly recover under the energy's pressure.
As Yang Xiong poured more spiritual power into it, just before his energy nearly ran out, the ball suddenly burst from the internal pressure.
Yang Xiong's face lit up, "It worked! The third step is finally done. Looks like it's only a matter of time before I truly invent the Spiral Sphere."
This staged success greatly boosted Yang Xiong's confidence. His self-created soul technique was finally nearing completion.
Yet Yang Xiong knew the hardest part was still ahead: making the spiritual power truly take form and gain destructive force.
The Spiral Sphere was not just a simple spiritual attack , it was spiritual power rapidly spinning in his hand, forming a hurricane-like sphere that caused devastating damage.
And that was just the basic Spiral Sphere. If infused with soul ring attribute energy, its power could multiply many times over. Unfortunately, Yang Xiong had only absorbed wood- and space-attribute soul rings so far, neither ideal for Spiral Sphere combat.
Training in Distraction Control was foundational , only by mastering it could one finely control spiritual power and truly multi-task to inject soul ring energy into the Spiral Sphere.
His original martial soul also had a great advantage: after absorbing soul rings of a certain attribute, he gained mastery of that attribute's power. Plus, his martial soul's versatility allowed multiple attribute energies to coexist within him without rejection.
Others learning Spiral Sphere would likely only learn the basics or they wouldn't have the potential for as many variations and developments as Yang Xiong. After all, spirit masters generally absorb soul rings with few attributes.
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